Bad piercing experience

This is a warning to anyone thinking about getting their cartilege
piercings done somewhere that uses the gun. I was stupid enough not to
do any research on piercing before I went to the mall to get it done (I
have two upper ear cartilege piercings in each ear). The store I went
to would not use anything but the gold-plated earrings for the upper
ear, they said it was because it was more "natural" and my body would
accept it better. I knew this was bullshit, because I had had surgical
steel plates in my arm for a year after I broke it and nothing bad ever
happened, but they wouldn't do it otherwise and I really wanted it, so I
let them.

The piercing itself didn't hurt at all, but the stupid bitch doing it
didn't pierce all the way through on one side and she had to push it
through with her hands, she was wearing rubber gloves at least. That
made me really unhappy, not to mention the fact that she pierced me
crookedly. Anyway, I was happy with them at first. I got infected
really soon after (they recommended using hydrogen peroxide for
cleaning), but I didn't think much of it because my earlobes got
infected every time I pierced them. This infection came and went
frequently, so I exchanged the studs they put in for rings. Again, I
didn't research what kind of metal to use, so I ended up with sterling
silver rings, another no-no because they tarnish and make the infection
worse.

So I lived with nearly constant infections for about nine months until
I found a faq about body piercing and what kind of metals to use.
Really soon after reading that, I went to a tattoo/piercing studio and
got some very nice rings (surgical stainless steel this time). My ears
have finally healed, I was lucky enough not to have gotten any keloids
or scar tissue, and I am ready to go get some more piercings.

My only advice to people getting new piercings is to research what you
are getting and who you are getting it from and be careful. And stay
away from the mall! The store that did my piercings was also
advertising navel piercings - with the gun. I shudder to think who they
have mangled with that thing.

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submitted by: Anonymouson: 01 Jan. 1997in
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